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Oakley, Inc. is an American company headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California, which is an autonomous subsidiary of Luxottica.The company designs, develops and manufactures sports performance equipment and lifestyle pieces including sunglasses, safety glasses, eyeglasses, sports visors, ski/snowboard goggles, watches, apparel, backpacks, shoes, optical frames, and other accessories.
Luxottica acquired Oakley in November 2007 for US$2.1 billion. Oakley had tried to dispute their prices because of Luxottica's large marketshare, and Luxottica responded by dropping Oakley from their stores, causing their stock price to drop, followed by Luxottica's hostile take over of the company. [26]
Slow watch Roger W. Smith SMH (short for Société de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie previous name of the company issued from the merger of ASUAG & SSIH, now Swatch Group)
This is a list of Swiss watch manufacturers and brands. Entries with an article should also be suitable for inclusion in Category:Watch manufacturing companies of Switzerland or Category:Swiss watch brands .
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Patek Philippe. / 46.16629; 6.11211. Patek Philippe SA ( French: [paˈtɛk fiˈlip]) is a Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer, located in the Canton of Geneva and the Vallée de Joux. [ 3] Established in 1839, it is named after two of its founders, Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe.
The Oakley THUMP was a sunglasses featuring an audio player built into the frame, in addition to having flip up lenses for indoor usage. It was available in black. RootBeer, Tortoise, and White Camo; which varied on a user's choice of buying a 128MB or a 256MB set of glasses. [1] To add music to the sunglasses, users would use programs such as ...
The watch was an 18-size, full plate design. In 1869, the National Watch Company won "Best Watches, Illinois Manufacture" at the 17th Annual Illinois State Fair, for which it won a silver medal. [3] The company officially changed its name to the Elgin National Watch Company in 1874, as the Elgin name had come into common usage for their watches.